How would George Foreman do in today's era?

50% chance to win against any Heavyweight that has lived, lives or will live.

 

Amazing. He would be undefeated if provided he stayed away from the nation of Zaire. No ones got a prayer of beating him.

The flipside to this is he wouldn't have as long a resume. Despite taking a 10 year break Foreman won 76 fights with 68 knockouts. Thats not a thing that happens anymore and while Foreman would have more wins against contenders he'd be generally less active.

 

Geez, once George executed a couple of them , it'd be easier to find Amelia Earhart than to get the rest into the ring with Foreman.

 

I think Usyk could beat him. Fury has the tools to beat him but not sure he does. Likely chins the rest of them.

 

Foreman probably beats everyone except Usyk and Fury, and even those fights might be 50-50 because neither Usyk nor Fury ever met a guy with the relentless pulverizing two-fisted power of a younger Foreman, who could cut off the ring very quickly. But they’d definitely give him real troubles.

 

1972 Foreman beats everyone around today except Usyk;
The Usyk Foreman bout would be a 50-50.

 

I'd bet a month's salary that Kabayel beats 70's Foreman.

 

His toughest match would obviously be Usyk. Usyk is an intelligent fighter that can gut it out when necessary and change tactics and adapt during a fight. Personally i think he is a great H2H fighter, even at heavyweight. I certainly wouldn't count Foreman out, but he's the toughest one. Fury is a bit past it right now and I'd favor Foreman.

 

70's Foreman was a sloppy, undersized (by today's standards), dirty fighter who liked to wing punches against guys he outsized or outstrengthed. All those assets he had in abundance compared to his competition in the 1970's he would have in perfectly normal or less proportion today. And he would still have all the flaws.

In the end, a Top 10 guy who might hit a hot streak of intimidating and knocking out guys, but who would get figured out quickly and start getting beat regularly.

 

He’d do fantastic in any era as all great fighters would.

The revisionist downplaying of George’s ability is a pretty new and ridiculous phenomenon imo. All his qualities are minimalized and all his flaws are magnified out of all proportion.

The GF of the Frazier and Norton fights was one of the most dangerous and destructive fighters ever.

 

Regardless of flaws or ability's.. .One thing we can't shift as great as he was.. the 1970's era Big George wouldn't be that big.
If a 213 Jimmy Young could beat him and a 220 Ali could stop him. you have to give some of these fighters who are now so much a bigger in a lot of cases a chance. Not the dross like Bakole but certainly Fury and Usyk have so me kind of chance and maybe even Joshua although i'm not sure if your getting stopped by Ruiz if you can handle Foremans power.

 

Usyk is the only one who has a chance, the rest get steamrolled.

 

He beats everyone but Usyk, maybe Kabayel will make it a little difficult for him.

 

A top tier contender , not unbeatable but absolutely dangerous.
In fact imo he stands a good chance of koing Usyk.